Cultivate is AIDS United’s Training of Trainers (ToT) that equips people with HIV with leadership skills to engage meaningfully with their communities on local health planning and needs.
Program Pillars
The Cultivate program will build and promote leadership of people with HIV across four pillars:
Foundational knowledge for all leaders.
Understanding leadership styles, building relationships, operating in professional settings, and using technology to enhance impact
Community engagement focuses on developing partnerships, building coalitions, and navigating local policy decisions.
Gaining skills in data analysis, clinical quality management, and serving on advisory boards and planning bodies.
Program Goals
Cultivate program will build and promote leadership of people with HIV through four goals:
Develop a replicable curriculum that leverages existing, successful training tools and creates new tools
Increase the skills, knowledge, readiness, and confidence of at least 200 people with HIV to meaningfully engage as leaders in their local RWHAP network of care through ToT participation, small group coaching, and peer-to-peer learning
Expand the network of people with HIV who can serve as trainers, coaches and community builders by supporting ToT trainees in delivering training within their local communities, reaching an additional 2,000 community members and potential leaders
Broadly disseminate the curriculum, including manualized training content and asynchronous training modules, to enable local leaders, in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) and planning councils to leverage training tools on an ongoing basis.
Activities
The Cultivate Training of Trainers (ToT) activities included:
Activity One
Conducting 10 ToTs on leadership in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program activities (in person and virtual) to 200 people with HIV.
Activity Two
Supporting ToT trainees in delivering training within their local communities, reaching an additional 2,000 community members and potential leaders.
Activity Three
Developing and sharing the curriculum and relevant tools.
Training of Trainers (ToT) Application
ToT trainees will receive training and support:
Training materials and coaching support will be provided to ToT trainees to prepare them to deliver a local training after completing the ToT. AIDS United will enter into consulting agreements with ToT trainees. ToT trainees will be compensated for time and effort for ToT training time and completion of post-ToT training goals. The consulting agreement will outline the terms and conditions. Travel and hotel accommodation will be provided for out-of-town ToT trainees.
Apply to participate in the upcoming Cultivate ToT!
December 9 – 11, 2025
Dallas County Health and Human Services – DCHHS
2377 N Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX 75207
For additional information and/or inquiries about the Cultivate program, please contact our team at cultivate@aidsunited.org to receive additional information from the AIDS United program team.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides financial support for this program, U6953209 in the amount of $800,000. The contents are those of the author. They may not reflect the policies of HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.